Queffions,andCafs ofConference Chap. ` remembrance whereof is a great curb to carnal anger, feeï.n we domany things that need pardon both from God and man. lo. Itkindles in us juts indination againfl our own finnes , which refiraines carnal anger from breaking out againft others : For he that is zealousagainfi his own fins , bath no leafure to quarrel with others for petty wrongs and injuries. I I. Faith proceedethwith counfel and deliberation : It confiders before it judge,and judgeth before it proceed to execution : It defers to cenfure till time bath revealed the truth. 12. Faith worketh by love , which is of more force to reftrain us from re=. venue, then injury to provoke unto anger : For love fullers long , yea, fufrers all things , a Corinth. 13. 4, 7. It makes us look upon him with whom we are angry as a brother : To remember that we would have other men to forgive us when we wrong them , and therefore we mug do the like. I 3. It's the property of faith to receive the whole Word , and to eiffufe the faving vertue thereof into every power of the foul, which changes us in to the nature of it felf : But the Word requires meekneffe, long fuffering, and patience : the Word is compared to leaven that leaveneth the whole lump. 14. Faith obraineth of Godby prayer the fpirit of meekneffe whereby our nature is renewed after the image of God; and our affections fanei- fied that they may further Gods glory, the goodof our brethren , and our own falvation. 15. Ir (hews thedanger of retaininganger which is a high degree of murther. It (hewes that the promife of forgiveneffe is made onely to them that forgive , cYv!atth. 6. that judgement mercileffe belongs to them that (hew no mercy, lames 2. 13. that with what meafure we mete it fhall be meafured to us, Mat. 18.23. Quefl. what further meaner max a Chriftian :Ts to fubdue an- ger ? Anfw. Fir(i, fhunne all bu lineffes above thy reach , leaf} being opprefl with an unfupportableburden, it makes thee froward and really. Secondly, yea abftaine from multitudes of bufinefles, becaufe amongfi fo many,fome will certainly mifcarry , and fo inflame thy diflradted mtnde with anger. Thirdly, (hun the fociety Of chollerick perlons , leaf+ thou beef+ infe- tled by them , and learn their wayes, ?rev. 2z. z4,z5. As one flick kindles many. Fourthly , avoid contentious controverfies : For if thou canti not bring o- ver men to thy opinion thou wilt be apt to be angry, thinking that it will derogate from thy wit , and underflanding, if thou prevail- eft not. Fifthly, take heed of medling with the firife that belongs not to thee , efpecially of medling with foolifh and indifcreet perfòns , Proverbs 26. 17. and 29.9. Sixthly, lookoftenupon the admirable examples of the patience of Gods Saintswhich havebeenbefore thee, as of Abraham, Gen.1 3.8. of c.7vfofes, Exod. 17. 4, I a. of David, 2 Sam:16.1 o. of Stephen, Aft. 7: 6o. efpecially of Chrifi himfelf, t Pee.2.22. Seventhly, look alto upon the examples offuch as have given themfelves over to fury , whereby thou (halt fee the uglineffe , and brutifhncfle of this fin. Is not his countenance disfigtìred ? his .words abfurd: his adtions rude?&c. Eighthly,
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